... the whole design was defeated by the premature death of Alaric, which fixed, after a short illness, the fatal term of his conquests. The ferocious character of the Barbarians was displayed in the funeral of a hero whose valor and fortune they celebrated... A Book of Ballads on German History - Page 93by Wilhelm Wagner - 1877 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - Rome - 1839 - 590 pages
...of troops against the usurper, and John was surprised and taken prisoner in Raven'na. 12. Valenti1 The ferocious character of the barbarians was displayed in the funeral of their chief. The unhappy captives were compelled to divert the stream of the river Bnsenti'nus, which... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1843 - 486 pages
...of the transports ; their courage was daunted by the terrors of a new element ; and the whole design was defeated by the premature death of Alaric, which fixed, after a short illness, the fatal term of bis conquests. The ferocious character of the Barbarians was displayed, in the funeral of a hero, whose... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1850 - 672 pages
...of the transports ; their courage was daunted by the terrors of a new element ; and the whole design was defeated by the premature death of Alaric, which...Barbarians was displayed in the funeral of a hero whose valor and fortune they celebrated with mournful applause. By the labor of a captive multitude, they... | |
| James Armstrong (curate of Ardoyne.) - 1851 - 216 pages
...of the transports ; their courage was daunted by the terrors of a new element ; and the whole design was defeated by the premature death of Alaric, which...short illness, the fatal term of his conquests."— Decline and Fall, c. xxxi. But the whole territory of Attica, from the promontory of Sunium to the... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 666 pages
...of the transports. Their courage was daunted by the terrors of a new element ; and the whole design was defeated by the premature death of Alaric, which...barbarians was displayed in the funeral of a hero, whose valor and fortune they celebrated with mournful applause. By the labor of a captive multitude, they... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Rome - 1853 - 426 pages
...but John, the late emperor's secretary, took advantage of Placid'ia's absence in the east, to seize * The ferocious character of the barbarians was displayed in the funeral of their chief. The unhappy captives were compelled to divert the stream of the river Busenti'nus, which... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - Poetry - 1855 - 620 pages
...of the transport*: their courage was daunted by the terrors of a new clement ; and the whole design was defeated by the premature death of Alaric, which...barbarians was displayed in the funeral of a hero, whose valor and fortune they celebrated with mournful applause. By the labour of a captive multitude they... | |
| Richard Henry Wilde - American poetry - 1867 - 356 pages
...invading your native country, which were frustrated by a tempest, proceeds : — " The whole design was defeated by the premature death of Alaric, which fixed, after a short illness, the term of his conquests. The ferocious character of the Barbarians was displayed in the funeral of a... | |
| 1867 - 874 pages
...fatal :erm of bi* conquiste. The ferocious character of the barbarians was d splayed in the funeral "fa hero whose valour and fortune they celebrated with mournful applause. By the labour of a captivo multitude they forcibly diverted the course of the Bu&entinus, a small river that washes the... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - Slavery - 1872 - 694 pages
...of the transports. Their courage was daunted by the terror* of a new element ; and the whole design was defeated by the premature death of Alaric, which fixed, after a short BtetM, the fetal term of his conquests. The ferocious character of the barbarians was displayed in... | |
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